Thin Film Transistor and Manufacturing Method Thereof, Array Substrate, and Display Apparatus

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides a thin film transistor and a manufacturing method thereof, an array substrate, and a display apparatus. The thin film transistor of the present invention comprises a gate, a gate insulation layer, a semiconductor active region, and a source and a drain connected with the semiconductor active region, and further comprises a surface charge transfer layer in contact with the semiconductor active region, the surface charge transfer layer is located above or below the semiconductor active region, and is used for causing the semiconductor active region to generate a large number of holes or electrons therein without changing the lattice structure of the semiconductor active region. In the thin film transistor, charge transfer occurs between the semiconductor active region and the surface charge transfer layer so that the doped semiconductor active region is formed, thus the performance of the thin film transistor is significantly improved.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to the technical field of manufacturingtechnology of display apparatus, and particularly relates to a thin filmtransistor and a manufacturing method thereof, an array substrate, and adisplay apparatus.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Currently, in order to improve performance of a thin film transistor,impurity ions are generally doped into a semiconductor active region ofthe thin film transistor so that the semiconductor active region isconverted into a P-doped or N-doped semiconductor active region, therebylifetime of carriers in the semiconductor active region is longer,mobility of the carriers is higher, and the performance of the thin filmtransistor is improved.

Traditionally, ion implantation doping method is used for semiconductordoping. Ion implantation is performed by accelerating impurity ions in avacuum and low temperature environment so that the impurity ionsobtaining large kinetic energy may directly enter into material of thesemiconductor active region, thus the semiconductor active region isconverted into a doped semiconductor active region, meanwhile, integrityand periodicity of lattices of the material of the semiconductor activeregion itself may also be destroyed, resulting in the fact that somelattice defects may occur in the semiconductor active region, lifetimeand mobility of the carriers are affected, and improvement ofperformance of the thin film transistor is limited.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the above defects existing in the doped semiconductor thinfilm transistor in the prior art, an object of the present invention isto provide an improved thin film transistor and a manufacturing methodthereof, an array substrate, and a display apparatus.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides athin film transistor, comprising a gate, a gate insulation layer, asemiconductor active region, and a source and a drain connected with thesemiconductor active region, the thin film transistor further comprisesa surface charge transfer layer in contact with the semiconductor activeregion, the surface charge transfer layer is located above or below thesemiconductor active region, and is used for causing the semiconductoractive region to generate a large number of holes or electrons thereinwithout changing the lattice structure of the semiconductor activeregion.

Preferably, energy level difference between the lowest unoccupiedmolecular orbit of material of the surface charge transfer layer and thetop of valence band of material of the semiconductor active region isgreater than or equal to −1 eV and less than or equal to 1 eV.

Preferably, energy level difference between the top of valence band ofmaterial of the surface charge transfer layer and the lowest unoccupiedmolecular orbit of material of the semiconductor active region isgreater than or equal to −1 eV and less than or equal to 1 eV.

Preferably, the gate is provided on a base, the gate insulation layercovers the gate, the surface charge transfer layer is provided above thegate insulation layer, and the semiconductor active region is providedabove the surface charge transfer layer.

Preferably, the gate is provided on a base, the gate insulation layercovers the gate, the semiconductor active region is provided above thegate insulation layer, and the surface charge transfer layer is providedabove the semiconductor active region.

Preferably, the surface charge transfer layer and the semiconductoractive region are sequentially provided on a base, the gate is providedabove the semiconductor active region, and the gate and thesemiconductor active region are separated from each other by the gateinsulation layer.

Preferably, the semiconductor active region and the surface chargetransfer layer are sequentially provided on a base, the gate is providedabove the surface charge transfer layer, and the gate and the surfacecharge transfer layer are separated from each other by the gateinsulation layer.

Preferably, the material of the semiconductor active region is zincoxide.

Preferably, the material of the surface charge transfer layer ismolybdenum trioxide.

The present invention also provides a manufacturing method of the abovethin film transistor, comprising a step of: forming a pattern of thesurface charge transfer layer above or below a pattern of thesemiconductor active region.

Preferably, the pattern of the surface charge transfer layer and thepattern of the semiconductor active region are formed by a singlepatterning process.

The present invention also provides an array substrate comprising theabove thin film transistor.

The present invention also provides a display apparatus comprising theabove array substrate.

In the thin film transistor of the present invention, by causing chargetransfer to occur between the semiconductor active region and thesurface charge transfer layer in contact with the semiconductor activeregion, a large number of holes or electrons are generated in thesemiconductor active region so that the semiconductor active region isconverted into a doped semiconductor active region without changing theconductive lattices of the semiconductor active region itself, thusprobability that the carriers are captured or scattered during moving inthe lattices is greatly lowered, thereby the lifetime of the carriers islonger and the mobility of the carriers is higher, which will facilitateimproving of performance of the thin film transistor.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of a bottom gate type thin filmtransistor in accordance with a first embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 2 is another structural diagram of a bottom gate type thin filmtransistor in accordance with the first embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of a top gate type thin film transistorin accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is another structural diagram of a top gate type thin filmtransistor in accordance with the first embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating energy bands of zinc oxideand molybdenum trioxide.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating energy band structures ofzinc oxide and molybdenum trioxide before they are in contact with eachother.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating energy band structures ofzinc oxide and molybdenum trioxide after they are in contact with eachother.

FIG. 8 is a structural diagram of an array substrate in accordance witha third embodiment of the present invention.

Reference symbols: 101, base; 102, gate; 103, gate insulation layer;104, surface charge transfer layer; 105, semiconductor active region;106, etch stopper; 107, source, drain; 108, data signal line; 109, pixelelectrode; 110, passivation layer; 111, common electrode.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

In order to make a person skilled in the art better understand thetechnical solutions of the present invention, the present invention willbe described in detail below in combination with the accompanyingdrawings and specific implementations.

First Embodiment

In conjunction with FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the present embodiment providesa thin film transistor, comprising a base 101, a gate 102, a gateinsulation layer 103, a semiconductor active region 105, and a sourceand drain 107 connected with the semiconductor active region 105, andthe thin film transistor further comprises a surface charge transferlayer 104 in contact with the semiconductor active region 105, wherein,the surface charge transfer layer 104 is located above or below thesemiconductor active region 105, and is used for causing thesemiconductor active region 105 to generate a large number of holes orelectrons therein without changing the lattice structure of thesemiconductor active region 105. In the present embodiment, chargetransfer occurs between the semiconductor active region 105 and thesurface charge transfer layer 104, thus a large number of holes orelectrons are generated near the interface where the semiconductoractive region 105 and the surface charge transfer layer 104 are incontact with each other, the semiconductor active region 105 isconverted into a doped (P-doped or N-doped) semiconductor active region105. Preferably, energy level difference between the lowest unoccupiedmolecular orbit (LOMO) of material of the surface charge transfer layer104 and the top of valence band of material of the semiconductor activeregion 105 is between −1 eV and 1 eV (including the endpoint values),or, energy level difference between the top of valence band of materialof the surface charge transfer layer 104 and the lowest unoccupiedmolecular orbit of material of the semiconductor active region 105 isbetween −1 eV and 1 eV (including the endpoint values).

In the thin film transistor of the present embodiment, by causing chargetransfer to occur between the semiconductor active region 105 and thesurface charge transfer layer 104 in contact with the semiconductoractive region 105, a large number of holes or electrons are generated inthe semiconductor active region 105 so that the semiconductor activeregion 105 is converted into a doped semiconductor active region 105without changing the conductive lattices of the semiconductor activeregion 105 itself, thus probability that the carriers are captured orscattered during moving in the lattices is greatly lowered, thereby thelifetime of the carriers is longer and the mobility of the carriers ishigher, which will facilitate improving of performance of the thin filmtransistor.

As one structure of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1,preferably, the thin film transistor is a bottom gate type thin filmtransistor, which preferably comprises: the gate 102, the gateinsulation layer 103 covering the gate 102, the surface charge transferlayer 104 provided above the gate insulation layer 103, thesemiconductor active region 105 provided above the surface chargetransfer layer 104, and the source and drain 107, which are sequentiallyprovided on the base 101, wherein the source and drain 107 are connectedwith the semiconductor active region 105 through contact holespenetrating through an etch stopper 106 above the semiconductor activeregion 105.

Of course, as shown in FIG. 2, the thin film transistor may preferablycomprise: the gate 102, the gate insulation layer 103 covering the gate102, the semiconductor active region 105 provided above the gateinsulation layer 103, the surface charge transfer layer 104 providedabove the semiconductor active region 105, and the source and drain 107,which are sequentially provided on the base 101, wherein the source anddrain 107 are connected with the semiconductor active region 105 throughcontact holes penetrating through the etch stopper 106 and the surfacecharge transfer layer 104 above the semiconductor active region 105.

As another structure of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, thethin film transistor is preferably a top gate type thin film transistor,which preferably comprises: the surface charge transfer layer 104, thesemiconductor active region 105, and the gate 102 provided above thesemiconductor active region 105, which are sequentially provided on thebase 101, wherein the gate 102 and the semiconductor active region 105are separated from each other by the gate insulation layer 103, the etchstopper 106 is provided above the gate 102, the source and drain 107 areprovided above the etch stopper 106, and the source and drain 107 areconnected with the semiconductor active region 105 through contact holespenetrating through the etch stopper 106 and the gate insulation layer103.

Of course, as shown in FIG. 4, the thin film transistor may preferablycomprise: the semiconductor active region 105, the surface chargetransfer layer 104, and the gate 102 provided above the surface chargetransfer layer 104, which are sequentially provided on the base 101,wherein the gate 102 and the surface charge transfer layer 104 areseparated from each other by the gate insulation layer 103, the etchstopper 106 is provided above the gate 102, and the source and drain 107are provided above the etch stopper 106, the source and drain 107 areconnected with the semiconductor active region 105 through contact holespenetrating through the etch stopper 106, the gate insulation layer 103and the surface charge transfer layer 104.

Preferably, the material of the surface charge transfer layer 104 in thepresent embodiment is molybdenum trioxide, and the material of thesemiconductor active region 105 is zinc oxide Zinc oxide is used as thematerial of the semiconductor active region 105 so that the resultantthin film transistor has a higher mobility, thus size of the thin filmtransistor is reduced. A better effect may be achieved by the abovecombination of molybdenum trioxide and zinc oxide. As shown in FIGS. 5,6 and 7, FIG. 5 shows a schematic diagram illustrating energy bands ofzinc oxide and molybdenum trioxide, FIG. 6 shows a schematic diagramillustrating energy band structures of zinc oxide and molybdenumtrioxide before they are in contact with each other, and FIG. 7 shows aschematic diagram illustrating energy band structures of zinc oxide andmolybdenum trioxide after they are in contact with each other. As shownin FIG. 5, the energy level of the top of valence band of zinc oxide is−7.39 ev, and the energy level of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbitof molybdenum trioxide is −6.7 ev. In this case, as shown in FIG. 6,electrons at the top of valence band of zinc oxide transfer to thelowest unoccupied molecular orbit of molybdenum trioxide, that is tosay, charge transfer occurs at the contact interface between zinc oxideand molybdenum trioxide. Thus, as shown in FIG. 7, a large number ofholes are generated in the zinc oxide semiconductor active region 105near the interface where the semiconductor active region 105 and themolybdenum trioxide surface charge transfer layer 104 are in contactwith each other, the intrinsic zinc oxide semiconductor active region105 is converted into a P-doped zinc oxide semiconductor active region105. During this procedure, the intrinsic lattices of zinc oxide aremaintained and are not changed, thus the probability that the carriersare captured and scattered during moving in the lattices is greatlylowered, thereby the lifetime of the carriers is longer, the mobility ofthe carriers is higher, which facilitate improving of performance of thethin film transistor.

Of course, the present embodiment is not limited to use of zinc oxide asthe material of the semiconductor active region 105 and use ofmolybdenum trioxide as the material of the surface charge transfer layer104, as long as a large number of holes or electrons are generated inthe semiconductor active region 105 with the surface charge transferlayer 104 without changing the lattice structure of the semiconductoractive region 105, in other words, as long as energy level differencebetween the lowest unoccupied molecular orbit of material of the surfacecharge transfer layer 104 and the top of valence band of material of thesemiconductor active region 105 is greater than or equal to −1 eV andless than or equal to 1 eV, or, energy level difference between the topof valence band of material of the surface charge transfer layer 104 andthe lowest unoccupied molecular orbit of material of the semiconductoractive region 105 is greater than or equal to −1 eV and less than orequal to 1 eV.

Second Embodiment

The present embodiment provides a manufacturing method of the thin filmtransistor in the first embodiment. The thin film transistor may be oftop gate type or bottom gate type. An example in which the thin filmtransistor is of bottom gate type and the surface charge transfer layer104 is provided below the semiconductor active region 105 will bedescribed specifically below. The manufacturing method comprisesfollowing steps.

Step 1, forming a pattern of the gate 102 on the base 101 by sputtering,exposure, development, etching, stripping, etc. In the presentembodiment, the gate 102 may be a monolayer or multilayer compositestack layer formed of one or more of molybdenum (Mo), alloy ofmolybdenum and niobium (MoNb), aluminum (Al), alloy of aluminum andneodymium (AlNd), titanium (Ti) and copper (Cu), and preferably, is amonolayer or multilayer composite stack layer formed of Mo, Al or alloycontaining Mo, Al, and the thickness thereof is between 100 nm and 500nm

Step 2, forming the gate insulation layer 103 above the gate 102 byplasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), etc. The gateinsulation layer 103 may be a multilayer composite film formed of one ortwo of silicon oxide (SiOx), silicon nitride (SiNx), hafnium oxide(HfOx), silicon oxynitride (SiON), aluminum oxide (AlOx), etc., thethickness thereof is between 100 nm and 600 nm, and the thickness may beadjusted in accordance with actual conditions.

Step 3, sequentially depositing a transition insulation material layer,a semiconductor material layer above the gate insulation layer 103, andsimultaneously forming a pattern of the surface charge transfer layer104 and a pattern of the semiconductor active region 105 by performingexposure, development, etching, stripping, etc once. The surface chargetransfer layer 104 and the semiconductor active region 105 are formed bya single patterning process, so that the cost is reduced and theproductivity is improved. Of course, the pattern of the surface chargetransfer layer 104 and the pattern of the semiconductor active region105 may be formed by two steps. Preferably, the material of the surfacecharge transfer layer 104 is molybdenum trioxide, and the material ofthe semiconductor active region 105 is zinc oxide, of course, as long asenergy level difference between the lowest unoccupied molecular orbit ofmaterial of the surface charge transfer layer 104 and the top of valenceband of material of the semiconductor active region 105 is greater thanor equal to −1 eV and less than or equal to 1 eV, or, energy leveldifference between the top of valence band of material of the surfacecharge transfer layer 104 and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbit ofmaterial of the semiconductor active region 105 is greater than or equalto −1 eV and less than or equal to 1 eV.

Step 4, forming the etch stopper (ESL) 106 above the semiconductoractive region 105 by sputtering, exposure, development, etching,stripping, etc. The etch stopper 106 may be a multilayer film formed oftwo or three of silicon oxide (SiOx), silicon nitride (SiNx), hafniumoxide (HfOx), silicon oxynitride (SiON), aluminum oxide (AlOx), etc.

Step 5, forming the source and drain 107 above the etch stopper 106 bysputtering, exposure, development, etching, stripping, etc., and thesource and drain 107 are connected with the oxide semiconductor activeregion 105 through contact holes penetrating through the etch stopper106. The source and drain 107 may be a monolayer or multilayer compositestack layer formed of one or more of molybdenum (Mo), alloy ofmolybdenum and niobium (MoNb), aluminum (Al), alloy of aluminum andneodymium (AlNd), titanium (Ti) and copper (Cu), and preferably, is amonolayer or multilayer composite stack layer formed of Mo, Al or alloycontaining Mo, Al.

Step 6, forming a passivation layer above the source and drain 107. Inthe present embodiment, the passivation layer may be formed of one orseveral of silicon oxide (SiOx), silicon nitride (SiNx), hafnium oxide(HfOx), silicon oxynitride (SiON), aluminum oxide (AlOx) and organicmaterial.

The example in which a bottom gate type thin film transistor ismanufactured is described in the present embodiment. In this thin filmtransistor, by causing charge transfer to occur between thesemiconductor active region 105 and the surface charge transfer layer104, a large number of holes or electrons are generated in thesemiconductor active region 105 so that the semiconductor active region105 is converted into a doped semiconductor active region 105 withoutchanging the conductive lattices of the semiconductor active region 105itself, thus probability that the carriers are captured or scatteredduring moving in the lattices is greatly lowered, thereby the lifetimeof the carriers is longer and the mobility of the carriers is higher,which will facilitate improving of performance of the thin filmtransistor.

The manufacturing method of the bottom gate type thin film transistor inwhich the semiconductor active region 105 is provided below the surfacecharge transfer layer 104 is similar to the above method, the differenceis in that: a transition insulation material layer and a semiconductormaterial layer are sequentially deposited on the base formed with thegate insulation layer 103. The surface charge transfer layer 104 and thesemiconductor active region 105 of the top gate type thin filmtransistor are formed by a method similar to the method in the presentembodiment, the difference is in that: the semiconductor active region105 and the surface charge transfer layer 104 of the top gate type thinfilm transistor are formed before the gate insulation layer 103 isformed, and other steps are substantially the same and will not berepeated here.

Third Embodiment

In conjunction with FIG. 8, the present embodiment provides an arraysubstrate comprising the thin film transistor of the first embodiment,wherein the source 107 of the thin film transistor is connected with adata signal line 108, and the drain 107 of the thin film transistor isconnected with a pixel electrode 109.

Taking the array substrate in a liquid crystal display apparatus ofADvanced super dimension switch (ADS) mode as an example, the arraysubstrate further comprises a mesh-shaped common electrode 111, thepixel electrode 109 and the common electrode 111 are separated from eachother by a passivation layer 110, a first electrode of a storagecapacitor is integrated with the pixel electrode 109 as a whole, and asecond electrode of the storage capacitor is integrated with the commonelectrode 111 as a whole.

Of course, the pixel electrode 109 may be a mesh-shaped electrode, andthe common electrode 111 is a plate-shaped electrode.

Preferably, the data signal line 108 and the source and drain 107 areformed synchronously. In this case, the cost is reduced, and theproductivity is improved.

Preferably, material of the pixel electrode 109 and the common electrode111 is indium tin oxide (ITO) or graphene, or may be any othertransparent conductive material.

It should be noted that, although the array substrate in the liquidcrystal display apparatus of ADS mode is taken as an example in theabove embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the arraysubstrate in the liquid crystal display apparatus of ADS mode, and evenis not limited to the array substrate in the liquid crystal displaydevice. For example, the present invention may be applied to the arraysubstrate in the liquid crystal display device of IPS (in-plane switch)mode, the array substrate in the OLED (organic light emitting diode)display device, and the like.

Fourth Embodiment

The present embodiment provides a manufacturing method of the arraysubstrate in the third embodiment, wherein the manufacturing of the thinfilm transistor is the same as that in the second embodiment, whileforming the thin film transistor, the manufacturing method furthercomprises following steps.

Step 7, forming a pattern of the pixel electrode 109 (i.e., the firstelectrode of the storage capacitor) above the contact holes forconnecting the drain 107 and the semiconductor active region 105 of thethin film transistor by a patterning process, wherein the material ofthe pixel electrode 109 (the first electrode of the storage capacitor)is a conductive material of indium tin oxide, graphene, or the like.

Step 8, forming the source and drain 107 of the thin film transistor onthe base 101 subjected to the above step, and meanwhile, forming thedata signal line 108 connected with the source 107.

Of course, the above two steps may be performed by a single patterningprocess. Specifically, a pixel electrode material layer is depositedabove the contact holes for connecting the drain 107 and thesemiconductor active region 105 of the thin film transistor, then asource and drain metal layer is deposited above the contact holes forconnecting the source 107 and the semiconductor active region 105 of thethin film transistor and above the pixel electrode material layer, apattern including the source 107, the drain 107, the data signal line108 connected with the source 107, and the pixel electrode 109 connectedwith the drain 107 are formed by exposure, development, etching,stripping, etc. Since the source and drain 107, the data signal line 108and the pixel electrode 109 are formed by a single patterning process,the productivity is improved and the cost is reduced.

The passivation layer 110 is formed on the base 101 subjected to theabove steps, and a pattern of the common electrode 111 (i.e., the secondelectrode of the storage capacitor) is formed by a patterning process,wherein the material of the common electrode 111 (the second electrodeof the storage capacitor) is a conductive material of indium tin oxide,graphene, or the like.

As an example, in the present embodiment, the pixel electrode 109 isfirst prepared, and then the common electrode 111 is manufactured. Ofcourse, it is also feasible that the common electrode 111 is firstprepared and then the pixel electrode 109 is manufactured, which is alsowithin the scope of the present invention.

Fifth Embodiment

The present embodiment provides a display apparatus comprising the arraysubstrate of the third embodiment. The display apparatus may be anyproduct or member with display function, such as phone, tablet computer,TV, monitor, notebook computer, digital photo frame, and navigator.

The display apparatus of the present embodiment comprises the arraysubstrate of the third embodiment, thus the performance of the thin filmtransistor therein is significantly improved, and the performance of thedisplay apparatus is also improved.

Of course, the display apparatus of the present embodiment may furthercomprise other conventional structures such as a power source, a displaydrive unit and so on.

It should be understood that, the above implementations are merelyexemplary implementations adopted for describing the principle of thepresent invention, rather than limiting the present invention. Variousvariations and improvements may be made for those of ordinary skill inthe art without departing from the spirit and essence of the presentinvention, and these variations and improvements are regarded within theprotection scope of the present invention.

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 14. A thin film transistor, comprising a gate, a gateinsulation layer, a semiconductor active region, and a source and adrain connected with the semiconductor active region, wherein the thinfilm transistor further comprises a surface charge transfer layer incontact with the semiconductor active region, the surface chargetransfer layer is located above or below the semiconductor activeregion, and is used for causing the semiconductor active region togenerate a large number of holes or electrons therein without changingthe lattice structure of the semiconductor active region.
 15. The thinfilm transistor of claim 14, wherein energy level difference between thelowest unoccupied molecular orbit of material of the surface chargetransfer layer and the top of valence band of material of thesemiconductor active region is greater than or equal to −1 eV and lessthan or equal to 1 eV.
 16. The thin film transistor of claim 14, whereinenergy level difference between the top of valence band of material ofthe surface charge transfer layer and the lowest unoccupied molecularorbit of material of the semiconductor active region is greater than orequal to −1 eV and less than or equal to 1 eV.
 17. The thin filmtransistor of claim 14, wherein the gate is provided on a base, the gateinsulation layer covers the gate, the surface charge transfer layer isprovided above the gate insulation layer, and the semiconductor activeregion is provided above the surface charge transfer layer.
 18. The thinfilm transistor of claim 14, wherein the gate is provided on a base, thegate insulation layer covers the gate, the semiconductor active regionis provided above the gate insulation layer, and the surface chargetransfer layer is provided above the semiconductor active region. 19.The thin film transistor of claim 14, wherein the surface chargetransfer layer and the semiconductor active region are sequentiallyprovided on a base, the gate is provided above the semiconductor activeregion, and the gate and the semiconductor active region are separatedfrom each other by the gate insulation layer.
 20. The thin filmtransistor of claim 14, wherein the semiconductor active region and thesurface charge transfer layer are sequentially provided on a base, thegate is provided above the surface charge transfer layer, and the gateand the surface charge transfer layer are separated from each other bythe gate insulation layer.
 21. The thin film transistor of claim 15,wherein the material of the semiconductor active region is zinc oxide.22. The thin film transistor of claim 21, wherein the material of thesurface charge transfer layer is molybdenum trioxide.
 23. Amanufacturing method of the thin film transistor of claim 14, comprisinga step of: forming a pattern of the surface charge transfer layer aboveor below a pattern of the semiconductor active region.
 24. Themanufacturing method of claim 23, wherein the pattern of the surfacecharge transfer layer and the pattern of the semiconductor active regionare formed by a single patterning process.
 25. An array substrate,comprising the thin film transistor of claim 14.